Fun With Bed Sheets

Today, we will explore the fun things we can do with a bed sheet.

1. Play a fun hide and seek game with the bed sheet. Have your child hide something under the sheet and you have to guess what it is. Then you hide something. See if your child can guess what is under the sheet before you pick it up.

2. Parachute fun. You can do this outside or inside. Take the sheet and lay it flat on the ground. If there are only two people playing, each person take a side and hang on to the corners. More than two, can each take a corner of the sheet or however you can make it work. You could also tie one end to a chair or a table. Practice shacking the sheet fast and slow and up and down. Play the Go and Stop game. (Teaching tip: Spell the word go and stop rather than saying the word.) Get some objects and throw them on top of the sheet and shack them until they all fall off. Object ideas: Light balls, stuff animals, socks, and plastic Easter eggs.

Teaching tips:
1. Use objects with lots of different colors on them and have your child name the color of the object as they throw it on the sheet. Once all the color objects are on the sheet, shack them all off and start all over. Do the same with letters, numbers, and shapes. If you do not have letters, numbers, and shapes that are light enough make them with paper.

2. Name recognition: Print each letter of their name on a separate sheet of paper. Play the game the same way I described above except, have your child throw their letters of their name back on the sheet in the correct order. You may also do this with simple spelling words.

Infant Sheet Fun (5 months - 12 months)

Lay a sheet down on the ground. Lay your baby on it's back on top of the sheet towards one side. Fold the sheet in half and play a peek-a-boo game. Raise the sheet up and down very slow. Try to go a little faster and see how they like the air blowing at them. I would suggest your infant be 5 months old to play this game.